Théodore Roussel

The Port of Fowey

Maker

Théodore Roussel (French, 1847-1926)

Title

The Port of Fowey

Year

1911

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

Color Etching

Supports

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.8 x 16.8 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil signed on tab, LL:Théodore Roussel In Plate--Signed, LL:Théodore Roussel

Identification

State

i/i

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.013.5

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Altered States
Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Jun 30, 2017 – Dec 03, 2017

Label copy

This group of etchings, printed from the same plate (seen in the case in this gallery) depicts a small British coastal town. Breaking from the convention of printing in black and white, Roussel began to experiment avidly with color printing in the 1890s. He acquired his own press and worked independently to test various means of printing color. Roussel also mixed his own inks, including the unusual metallic tones seen in some of the prints here. This group of impressions may have been made to test these inks on different types of paper.

The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking
Jan 19, 1990 – Apr 22, 1990

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Tombstone

Théodore Roussel (French, 1847-1926)
The Port of Fowey, 1911
Etching printed in metallic gold ink on blue-colored, moderately textured wove paper; mounted on sheet with border toned with bronzing powders and printed in white by the artist
Image/plate: 13.8 x 16.8 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 1987.013.5

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